I took too many write offs in 16 to qualify for anything this year, but with our increased income and decreased write offs in 17, our net income will be substantially more.

@Ali QudsiUnless you are some not-for-profit organization - you will be required to pay property taxes.There are some instances that you buy a newly developed land/building and the county strikes a deal with you that you won't have to pay property taxes for X years but will ultimately have to pay them once the period is over.You can decrease your taxable income related to rental properties with depreciation.

A Geo political event can cause people to sell of their S&P  EFTs/mutal fund when no fundamental change to any of the underlying securities has taken place, yet their supply increases, thus decreasing the price, to reflect redemption. 

If you're not there to be found this will definitely cause a decrease in response rates...as many top investors are finding over the last couple years. 

Found it on Zillow and noticed it had a price decrease only 2 weeks after being listed, so I made an aggressive offer which the seller countered still in my favor.

In tight fiscal years, the number of new hires will decrease and the agencies will not pay for as much advanced training either.

I would talk to your CPA first.I have bought at year end to decrease my liability and or increase my passive loss from year to year..

Office TI work/build-out will only increase or decrease the cap rate if it is directly responsible for increased or decreased income.

Older people have decrease circulation, they start to always feel cold as they age.

Dead equity will decrease your potential income as opposed to increasing it.